CCN 145648 · Cook County, Illinois
Central Nursing Home
2450 North Central Avenue, Chicago, IL 60639
Central Nursing Home is a 245-bed for-profit nursing home in Chicago, Illinois, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1989. CMS rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 199.3 residents a day, about 81% of its certified beds. It has an active FHA-insured Section 232 loan: $21.3 million originally, at 3.85%, with $15.3 million outstanding as of September 30, 2026 and maturity in September 2044.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 245
- Average residents per day
- 199.3 (81.3% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Corporation
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Central Nursing Home LLC
- Certified since
- Aug 4, 1989
- Chain or affiliated group
- None listed by CMS
- Location
- Urban
Ratings and staffing
Star ratings run from 1 to 5. Staffing is nurse hours per resident per day from CMS Payroll Based Journal data; turnover is the CMS annual nursing staff turnover rate. Occupancy is CMS's average daily census divided by certified beds.
| Measure | This facility | Illinois median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 1 of 5 | State spread: 245 at 1, 112 at 2, 103 at 3, 108 at 4, 93 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 2 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 1 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 1 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 2.24 | 3.29 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.35 | 0.61 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 2.07 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 46.5% | 43.4% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 81.3% | 76.8% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | 4 totaling $234,441 | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 20 (Aug 9, 2024) | ||
HUD 223(f) Express Lane: the CMS part
HUD gives 223(f) applications queue priority when the facility has CMS overall and health inspection ratings of at least 2 stars and no abuse icon, among other tests (ORCF criteria of March 31, 2026). Central Nursing Home does not meet it today: overall rating 1, the abuse icon. The loan-to-value, coverage and operator tests depend on the deal. All the criteria.
Who owns and operates it
These are the owners and operators the facility reported to CMS: anyone with a 5% or greater direct or indirect stake, and any organization with operational or managerial control.
| Name | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Mermelstein Family TrustOrganization | Direct Ownership Interest | 45% | 05/01/2018 |
| Marvin Mermelstein Family TrustOrganization | Direct Ownership Interest | 45% | 05/01/2018 |
| Mermelstein, JosephIndividual | Direct Ownership Interest | 5% | 05/01/2015 |
| Capital One NAOrganization | Security Interest | n/a | 04/21/2015 |
| Hickman, DoreenIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 02/24/2025 |
| Mermelstein, MarvinIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 05/01/2015 |
| Ryabov, YakovIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 05/01/2018 |
Changes of ownership
No change of ownership for this facility appears in the CMS change-of-ownership file, which starts in January 2016.
HUD Section 232 loans
HUD's Office of Healthcare Programs lists these FHA-insured loans for a project we matched to this facility by name, city and bed count. Status, rate and balance come from HUD's insured-mortgage files as of September 30, 2026. Check the FHA number against the loan documents before relying on the match.
| Endorsed | Program | Original amount | Status | FHA number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 2013 | 223(a)(7) refinance of a 223(f) loanHUD project name: Central Nursing Home, 245 beds. Lender at endorsement: Capital One Mf Finance LLC | $21,250,000 | Active: 3.85%, $15,306,202 balanceMatures Sep 1, 2044. Servicer: Capital One NA | 07122282 |
| Aug 31, 2009 | 223(f) refinance or purchaseHUD project name: Central Nursing Home, 245 beds. Lender at endorsement: Housing & Healthcare Finc | $21,250,000 | Ended Oct 29, 2013Prepayment | 07122138 |
Sources and dates
Facility, rating, staffing and ownership data: CMS Provider Information and CMS Ownership, processing date September 2026. Private equity, REIT and mortgage-interest flags and changes of ownership: CMS Skilled Nursing Facility All Owners and Change of Ownership files (2026-10-01). FHA-insured loans: HUD Office of Healthcare Programs endorsement database, data run July 8, 2026. How we join them, and what the join can get wrong: methodology.
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